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The uppermost portion of the diencephalon that includes the trigonum habenulae, the pineal body, the posterior commissure, and the medullary layers of thalamus. | The uppermost portion of the diencephalon that includes the trigonum habenulae, the pineal body, the posterior commissure, and the medullary layers of thalamus. | ||
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Revision as of 09:01, 22 May 2011
Introduction
The uppermost portion of the diencephalon that includes the trigonum habenulae, the pineal body, the posterior commissure, and the medullary layers of thalamus.
Adult pineal body | Pineal gland position |
Neural Tube | Primary Vesicles | Secondary Vesicles | Adult Structures |
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week 3 | week 4 | week 5 | adult |
prosencephalon (forebrain) | telencephalon | Rhinencephalon, Amygdala, hippocampus, cerebrum (cortex), hypothalamus, pituitary | Basal Ganglia, lateral ventricles | |
diencephalon | epithalamus, thalamus, Subthalamus, pineal, posterior commissure, pretectum, third ventricle | ||
mesencephalon (midbrain) | mesencephalon | tectum, Cerebral peduncle, cerebral aqueduct, pons | |
rhombencephalon (hindbrain) | metencephalon | cerebellum | |
myelencephalon | medulla oblongata, isthmus | ||
spinal cord, pyramidal decussation, central canal |
References
Chapter 7. The pineal gland and melatonin
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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, May 21) Embryology Neural - Epithalamus Development. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Neural_-_Epithalamus_Development
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